diff --git a/pdfminer/__init__.py b/pdfminer/__init__.py
index a7bc049f..93ab2339 100644
--- a/pdfminer/__init__.py
+++ b/pdfminer/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-__version__ = '20140328'
+__version__ = '20170118'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print (__version__)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51779e78..7fa87ad1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from distutils.core import setup
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+
 from pdfminer import __version__
 
 setup(